Requesting assistance with wiring a Custom SE 24 2016

[bluesman13]

Hello,
I am having trouble finding an accurate wiring diagram for this guitar. The closest one I can find is this (although mine has a 3 position selector swith that is straight rather than 2 sided): https://d159anurvk4929.cloudfront.net/documents/se_customs_standards__wiring_schematics.pdf. In the wiring diagram I found, it shows green and white twisted wires from the neck pickup going to the "d" lug of the tone pot (which is a push-pull pot), and on the right side the black and red wires from the bridge pickup going to the "a" lug of the tone pot. Looking at the wiring of my guitar, it has the green and white leads from the neck pickup going to the "d" lug, and the the white and green leads from the bridge pickup going to the 'a" lug of the tone pot. I'm wondering if should switch the wiring so that it matches the PRS wiring diagram? thoughts/suggestions? I'm not really familiar with humbucker wiring - are the red/black and white/green wires from the pickups interchangeable? thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Glide-bpm]

Green and white on the neck pickup are tied together to pickup the coil split.
Same for Red and Black on the bridge pickup.

There are some PRS pickups that have only a shield/ground wire, a Black, a White, and a Red.
the Black and White are hot and ground. Some may swap the wire colors (white/black) for
the hot and ground. The reds for both pickups are coil tap wires.

 

[bluesman13]

Green and white on the neck pickup are tied together to pickup the coil split.
Same for Red and Black on the bridge pickup.

There are some PRS pickups that have only a shield/ground wire, a Black, a White, and a Red.
the Black and White are hot and ground. Some may swap the wire colors (white/black) for
the hot and ground. The reds for both pickups are coil tap wires.

mine is wired with the green/white from each pickup going to the tone pot. Is that correct?

 

[Glide-bpm]

mine is wired with the green/white from each pickup going to the tone pot. Is that correct?

Depends on the pickups. Some PRS (and other brands) have the wire codes different from
bridge to neck pickup. Others have the same exact wires. It's a per pickup. Every brand, you have to
find the hot, ground, single coil tap wire (usually into 2nd coil. Or two you tie together because they are the end of North
and end of South coils). Most modern PRS pickups tie white and green together for the neck and black and red tied together
for the bridge pickup.

For 85/15 and other modern ones like it from this thread: https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/prs-m-metal-pick-up-wire-color.57710/
"Here's the wiring colour code, though

Bass (neck):
black = hot
white & green = coil-tap
red = ground

Treble (bridge):
white = hot
black & red = coil-tap
green = ground"

Some more info:

I marked up this first pic/page with some extra notes/images:

 

[dirtbiker427]

Is the guitar playing and properly splitting the coils as it is wired? Yes?, than do nothing.

What are you trying to achieve with the wiring changes?

 

[bluesman13]

Depends on the pickups. Some PRS (and other brands) have the wire codes different from
bridge to neck pickup. Others have the same exact wires. It's a per pickup. Every brand, you have to
find the hot, ground, single coil tap wire (usually into 2nd coil. Or two you tie together because they are the end of North
and end of South coils). Most modern PRS pickups tie white and green together for the neck and black and red tied together
for the bridge pickup.

For 85/15 and other modern ones like it from this thread: https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/prs-m-metal-pick-up-wire-color.57710/
"Here's the wiring colour code, though

Bass (neck):
black = hot
white & green = coil-tap
red = ground

Treble (bridge):
white = hot
black & red = coil-tap
green = ground"

Some more info:

I marked up this first pic/page with some extra notes/images:

thank you so much for all that info!

 

[bluesman13]

Is the guitar playing and properly splitting the coils as it is wired? Yes?, than do nothing.

What are you trying to achieve with the wiring changes?

the tone pot isn't working properly, so I'm installing a new 500k push/pull tone pot. I never really checked to see if it was working properly prior, but I found a wiring diagram that I believe is for my guitar - mine has the 85/15 pickups. The wiring diagram shows the green/white leads from the bridge pickup going to the tone pot; while the red/blacks leads from the neck pickup going to the opposite lugs of the tone pot. However, my guitar is wired with both the green/white wires from both pickups going to the tine pot. I'm wondering which is the correct wiring. thanks for the advice and suggestions.

 

[dirtbiker427]

If you have a multimeter you can check the wires to be sure. Check the paired wires and compare it to the total reading of the hot to ground wire. The tapped wires should be about half of the total resistance value. An 8k pickup will read about 4k-ish tapped.

 

[Glide-bpm]

If you have a multimeter you can check the wires to be sure. Check the paired wires and compare it to the total reading of the hot to ground wire. The tapped wires should be about half of the total resistance value. An 8k pickup will read about 4k-ish tapped.

Yeah, a multimeter is your friend. You can check the leads hooked to the meter and gently drag a screwdriver
across the poles and see which ones the meter moves for, too.

 

[dirtbiker427]

Yeah, a multimeter is your friend. You can check the leads hooked to the meter and gently drag a screwdriver
across the poles and see which ones the meter moves for, too.

No kidding? I'll have to try that in the future.

 

[bluesman13]

If you have a multimeter you can check the wires to be sure. Check the paired wires and compare it to the total reading of the hot to ground wire. The tapped wires should be about half of the total resistance value. An 8k pickup will read about 4k-ish tapped.

yes, I do have a multimeter. So, you're suggesting that I select ohms on the multimeter, hook one probe to the paired white/green wires and the other probe to grnd and compare that to the reading between the hot wire and grnd?

 

[Glide-bpm]

yes, I do have a multimeter. So, you're suggesting that I select ohms on the multimeter, hook one probe to the paired white/green wires and the other probe to grnd and compare that to the reading between the hot wire and grnd?

I think your pickups have the white/green - red/black wire swaps, as well as the hot/ground wire color swaps between the neck and bridge pickups.

 

[bluesman13]

I think your pickups have the white/green - red/black wire swaps, as well as the hot/ground wire color swaps between the neck and bridge pickups.

hmm, I'm not sure - each pickup has green/white leads twisted together and black and red leads untwisted. Both green/white twisted leads from both pickups are attached to the tone pot, and the red leads go the selector switch with the black leads going to ground on the selector switch.